This Week in America with Ric Bratton

CLOUDY WITNESS: BLESSEDLY ASSURED by Janette Jones Blessed assurance Jesus is mine... Overcomers often find themselves humming this well-known Christian hymn while going through the day-to-day uncertainties of life. Cloudy Witness/Blessedly Assured , tale weaving at its best, takes the reader into the presumptuous world of Etta Mae and Donnie Smith, Tonika and Josh Gibbons, Delilah and Damien Whit...

PAGES AND LEAFLETS OF NORTH OXFORDSHIRE: MY LINEAGE PRE-1700-1959 - A FAMILY AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY by Angela Fortnum Angela Fortnum has written a well-researched and illustrated family history of her maternal grandfathers offering a window into the life and times of her ancestors. It details the family's move from agricultural laborer, to plush weaver, baker, miller and finally small holder.  It a...

John E. Keegan author of CLEARWATER SUMMER and ORPHANED CLEARWATER SUMMER It's 1959 in the town of Clearwater, there are no cell phones or laptops. Eisenhower is President and the country is at peace. Or is it? Three seemingly aimless teenagers have just graduated from high school. A kid from the wrong side of town Wellesley Baker, wise guy Taylor Clark, and the story's narrator Will Bradford. Lad...

Schnapplings in the Knossos Valley by Joseph Park Barthos is a Schnappling from the kingdom of Oonof. After a decade of war with Grimland invaders, Barthos and his family are sent on a mission to find a site to which his people can relocate. Their search leads them to the Knossos Valley. When they arrive, their first challenge is to convince the strange inhabitants of the valley to allow them to s...

PARENTING: IT ISN'T HARD IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE MENTOR, GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER by Elizabeth Len Wai God is the only perfect parent; it is appropriate that we should choose him as our mentor in parenting. A lot of the behaviors that irritate us in our child, God has experienced with us—tantrums, questioning, disobedience, defiance, crying, and begging. He has experienced them all with us an...

Boosting Your Immune System Year-Round with Susan Smith Jones, PhD Boosting your immune system is one of the best things you can do because it is your body's key defense when it comes to fighting a virus. Even if you are exposed to a virus, the Coronavirus or others, if your immune system is strong, you have a better chance of not getting sick. Today holistic health and lifestyle expert, Susan Smi...

SPIRITUALITY IN THE 21st CENTURY by Frank P. Daversa The book enhances the reader's knowledge of spirituality, life, and the world. It details steps necessary to advance the reader's spiritual understanding leading up to enlightenment. It guides the reader through the growth process, providing key insights along the way. Inside find a down-to-earth approach for understanding the human spirit, the...

EVANGELINE EVERSHINE AND THE CASE OF THE BIGGEST DISAPPEARANCE IMAGINABLE by Al Shapiro Evangeline Evershine written by Al Shapiro is a bright and curious young girl who wonders where the sun disappears to every night and how it reappears every morning. So she and her father, who fortunately is an astronaut, blast off in a spaceship deep into space to investigate and to follow the sun's travels. W...

ONCE IN A VERY BLUE MOON by Debra Lowry Brianna Nelson was born under a “Blue Moon”. Her psychic grandmother, Lilly, predicted that Brianna would “Walk under the Blue Moon” which would prove to be a difficult path. And Lilly was right. Brianna was raised by Mel, her alcoholic father, who could be nice when sober but mean and unpredictable when drinking! Brianna’s life was dysfunctional; often she...

THE LEVEL PELVIS METHOD FOR PREGNANCY & BIRTHING EASE by Dr. W. J. Ruch, DC Dr. Ruch uses his 30+ years of experience in chiropractic care to show how the pain of pelvic bone misalignment during and after pregnancy can easily be relieved in just a few minutes a day. With the help of a partner, doula or midwife, there is an alternative to suffering with debilitating back pain and difficulty wal...

THE GRAND TRANSDIMENSIONAL DELUSION by Doug Huffman Imagine living your entire life in an underground city or house with no knowledge of the outside world; a place where trees, animals, the sky, sun, and moon, were only legend and myth. Then someone tells you all these things are real and he knows how to get you there. Would you believe him? If you imagine the feeling of viewing your first sunrise...

CARLTON: DOWN SIZED by Tawnee Chasny; Represented by Keenar Wayne Carlton gets laid off from his job after eleven years with a company that a larger company has purchased. They’re calling this layoff, ‘downsizing’ as if that makes the situation any different. He’s still without a job. They offer him a small bonus towards retirement and drop any penalties for early withdrawal of his 401K savings pl...

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES! : HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF LIFE by Peter Jennings     Ever met someone who doesn’t feel constrained to color within the lines? Who feels restrictive rules are made for others? Who’s propelled to go where the faint of heart simply never venture?     The profiles you'll read in "Pushing The Boundaries! How To Get More Out Of Life"  will introduce you to people just like that. T...

  IN SEARCH OF: OLD TESTAMENT - SOLID FOUNDATION by William Epps Jr. Author Dr. William Epps, a licensed and ordained minister, believes in preaching and teaching God's word to enhance Christian education and Biblical knowledge about Jesus Christ. In "In Search Of", he makes a trip through the Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, to convey what the Bible offers as a plan of salvati...

STORM SURGE: A NOVEL by John F. Banas All is not what it seems. A lot can happen to a person in a Disaster Area...Brenda Meyers is having a bad day. Her daughter is trapped somewhere in New Orleans right before Hurricane Katrina strikes. Her increasingly estranged husband may be on the verge of losing yet another job. To top it all off, her cheating former fiancé is claiming to have evidence that...

WHEN CROSSING THE STREET by Kat Karamitros Crossing the street is big business, and this adventure will prepare you for anything! There will be tractors and submarines, astronauts and camels. Look left and right, high and low. Can you find every critter and creature, truck and bug before you cross the road? It’s going to be a busy day, but before you know it, it’ll be time to play! When Crossing t...

MEMORIES FROM A REAL WORLD: THE ROAD TO THE RAPTURE by Rich Seibert Since the fall of man, God had set a time for the final judgment of Satan. The endgame is about to begin, and Satan's reign on Earth is about to end. This is the final move through his son, the takeover of earth, and the return to Heaven with his armies to conquer and settle the score. Meanwhile, Christ prepares to bring home his...

RHYTHMS PRIMEVAL by Maya Mitra Das The verses of Maya Mitra Das plumb the alchemy of primeval moons and mist-wrapped mountains; delving deep into the realm of personal myth. Spanning the arc of ecstasy and despair, her poems explore the boundaries of human loneliness as well as the healing power of love. Poet and short story writer Maya Mitra Das was born in India and came to the U.S. in 1973. She...

MY FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL by Misty Long Surviving life is a challenge, but when you throw more your way than you can take. That's just whole other ball game... I yearned to be a therapist of some sort to help those who experience the struggles in life I have. I want to reach people on a personal level. I want to help people understand, they can get through anything. https://www.writersrepublic.com/boo...

THE DARKNESS AT DAWN by Pamela Roberts Lee The year is 1600, and the place is a wild new land--at least it is for Pamela Roberts Lee's latest protagonist, a young Puritan convert. As he is adapting to the so-called New World, he must understand his new religion. All the while, he struggles to overcome his guilt for swearing to hide a thief's crime, thereby allowing him to exist undetected and unpu...

ON SACRED GROUND by Diane M. Posson This author is a woman who is reflecting on her life, and realizing how she has been led by God in spite of her fears and weaknesses. She shares how she has been inspired by the many teachers in her life, her family, friends, experiences, and from the people she's met and served as a Hospice Chaplain for over 20 years. She realizes now that because of these inti...

SOULS FROM MERCURY: CHAKRA MAGIC. EMPOWERING RELATIONSHIPS by Raju Ramanathan Charles Darwin pointed out that the future evolution of mankind cannot happen through the continuation of the "survival of fittest" ideology. It lies in the courage to stand up like the first animal did and move in a vertical dimension, whereas developing kindness, compassion, and empathy are the hallmark of evolution an...

  I THINK MY BROTHER IS A WEREWOLF written by JB Mounteer Brotherly love is taken through an awesome adventure, when three friends see one of their brothers going through some horrifying, crazy changes. When his brother Jaden, starts to change into a teenager, Jorey mistakes it for changing into something even more horrifying! With wild imaginations running at full speed, and with their only knowl...

GRIEF, LOVE, AND OTHER LIGHT TOPICS by Roy G. Faulkner This book of poems was written to help me deal with the death of my wife of 38 years from cancer. I believe and hope that this book can help others, who are grieving, find some light through the darkness of grief. The poems explore grief and love and the relationship between the two. Some poems are autobiographical as they describe actual even...

THROUGH MY CHRISTIAN PRISM, OR AT THE PORT RAIL by Larry Clayton Larry Clayton brings a refreshing, Christian perspective to these essays that examine the human condition, sharing his thoughts on everything from the flighty and humorous to the serious and transcendent. His musings and insights--almost of all of which were published as op-ed columns in the Sunday edition of the Tuscaloosa News in T...